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Compartmental Model Assessing Community-Wide Usage of Face Mask
- Model simulations created using data from New York and Washington suggests that even less effective masks have large implications in decreasing transmission rates of COVID-19.
- The greatest advantages are conferred when face masks are used in conjunction with other countermeasures such as physical distancing, sanitation, and personal hygiene. Nation-wide adoption, and high compliance rates are key to limiting the spread of the virus.
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Updated 2020-07-03
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
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